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Amblystomus somalicus Basilewsky 1948

  • 1. Naturalis Biodiversity Center Leiden, The Netherlands; e-mail: Ron. Felix @ naturalis. nl
  • 2. Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Faculty of Forestry and Wood Sciences, Kamýcká 129, CZ- 165 21, Praha 6 - Suchdol, Czech Republic; e-mail: farkac @ fld. czu. cz
  • 3. Conservation and Research Unit at the Environmental Protection Authority Socotra Island, Hadiboh, Yemen; e-mail: qamhem @ yahoo. com

Description

Amblystomus somalicus Basilewsky, 1948

Material examined (2 spec.). YEMEN: SOCOTRA ISLAND: Hadiboh environment, 12°36′57″N, 54°01′01″E, 20.x.– 1.xi.2000, 1 spec., lgt. H. Pohl, det. M. Persohn (HLMD); Diksam plateau, 12°31′24″N, 53°58′29″E, 5.ii.2010, 1 spec., lgt. L. Purchart & J. Vybíral, det. R.F.F.L. Felix (NMPC).

Diagnosis. Body length 2.5–3.0 mm. Head and pronotum rather shiny black, elytra more reddish-brown. Legs reddish with blackish femora. Antennae brown with antennomeres I–II lighter.

Comments on classification. Amblystomus somalicus resembles A. aeneolus Chaudoir, 1876, known from Somalia, Yemen, Kenya and Madagascar. Amblystomus aeneolus is mostly larger, posterior pronotal angles are more broadly rounded, elytral striae are fine and clearly incised, antennomeres I–II are dark.

Distribution. Known from Somalia. First record from Socotra Island.

Notes

Published as part of Felix, Ron F. F. L., Farkač, Jan & Suleiman, Ahmed Saeed, 2012, Annotated checklist of the Carabidae (Coleoptera) of the Socotra Archipelago, pp. 75-106 in Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 52 on page 89, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5176756

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
HLMD , NMPC
Event date
2000-10-20 , 2010-02-05
Verbatim event date
2000-10-20/11-01 , 2010-02-05
Scientific name authorship
Basilewsky
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Coleoptera
Family
Carabidae
Genus
Amblystomus
Species
somalicus
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Amblystomus somalicus Basilewsky, 1948 sec. Felix, Farkač & Suleiman, 2012

References

  • BASILEWSKY P. 1948: Coleopteres Carabidae africains nouveaux des collections du Musee Roy. d'Hist. Nat. de Belgique. Bulletin du Musee Royal d'Histoire Naturelle de Belgique 24 (4): 2 - 4.
  • CHAUDOIR M. DE 1876: Monographie des Brachynides. Annales de la Societe Entomologique de Belgique 19: 11 - 104.